XXVlil PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



can receive is the pleasure attending the prosecution of original inves- 

 tigations ; but, at the same time, no scientific man ought to be satis- 

 fied unless his inquiries lead to some valuable result. The award of 

 the Wollaston Medal is therefore a cause of great satisfaction to me, 

 since it shows that my labours have not been misdirected, but have 

 met with the very high approval of the Geological Society of London. 



AWAKD OP THE WOLLASTOIST DoNATIOTif-FirND. 



The President then addressed W. Cakruthers, Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S., 

 as follows : — 



Mr. Carruthees, — I have much pleasure in placing in your hands 

 the balance of the WoUaston Donation-fund, which has been 

 awarded to you by the Council of the Geological Society, in aid of 

 your researches in Fossil Botany. 



Your investigations into this very difiicult department of Biology, 

 and more especially those which have been directed towards the 

 structure of Fossil Fruits, have been already fraught with such 

 valuable results that you may justly look upon this award as a well- 

 earned testimony of our gratitude for your labours. 



Still I would remind you that scientific gratitude is mainly of that 

 sort which has been defined as " a lively sense of favours to come," 

 and that we trust this award will aid you in conferring a long 

 series of such favours upon us. 



Mr. Carrttthees replied : — - 



I thank the Council of the Society for the high honour they have 

 done me in considering my work deserving of the award of the 

 Wollaston Aid-fund, and you, Sir, for the very flattering terms in 

 which you have conveyed it to me. It has been my good fortune to 

 carry on my work under the eye, and with the continual assistance, 

 of my illustrious colleague, Mr. J. J. Bennett, and to have been led 

 into the investigation of a department of science which has long been 

 neglected, and in which the materials have so accumulated that even 

 the most careless gleaner must find a rich harvest to reward his efforts. 

 The honour you have done me, and the substantial aid you have 

 given me, I receive as increased incentives to more diligent work, 

 and I trust that in the future I may be able to some extent to realize 

 what you have in such flattering terms said you expect of me. 



THE ANNIVEESAEY ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, 



Professor T. H. Huxley, LL.D., F.E.S. 



I regret to have to announce that the list of Fellows of this 

 Society deceased since the last Anniversary contains many distin- 

 guished names. In most cases their distinction has been won in 

 fields not purely geological ; but in the Bev. S. W. Ejng, Geology, 

 and especially Quaternary Geology, has lost a zealous and able cul- 



